Cheryl Schatz

I have almost no time today as it is a very full day. I will respond to at least one of the comments. Lin’s comment will take a fuller response so I will leave it for when I have time on my computer.

gengwall you said:

You acknowledge that Gen 3:16 says something about wives but that something is not found in the portion of the verse related to Eve. It must, therefore, be in the portion related to Adam. So are you saying that wives, as the daughters of Adam, cursed with his sin nature, will also “rule”? I am curious exactly what it is that you see Gen 3:16 saying about wives and where in the verse you see it said.

What I was saying is that Eve is not like all women in that she was without sin. But I do believe that we have something that is within all women that is the same although it can be greatly distorted in us because of sin (but was not distorted in Eve).

I believe that within us has been placed a desire to connect deeply with a man on the soul level and that the term soul mate would be the proper way to describe it. In fact I am certain that the term soul mate was coined by a woman. A woman longs to connect emotionally with a man in such a way that they are best friends and she can share all her hopes and dreams with him. It is in this way that she feels loved. It is common for a woman to give the man sex in order to get back what she really longs for.

So while Eve longed for Adam and her soul was tied to him in a deep way, we too have that longing but with the appearance of sin in each of our lives that godly longing can be distorted and women can be manipulative in order to get their needs met.

gengwall, you didn’t answer these questions:

How was Eve the same as all women and how she was different? Did she operate with a sin nature? Has that sin nature (Eve’s) been transferred to all other women?

I would appreciate you taking the time to let me know what your view is and where you are coming from. Also I would be very interested to see how you view the Scriptures backing up your view.

I am off for the rest of the day. Bible study day today plus meeting with our architect in preparation for renovations. I am finally going to get an office with a view. Yeah!